Vanity bag and the like



May 8, 1923.

N. KASDAN VANITY BAG AND THE LIKE Filed Jan. 16, 1922 HINFIW H III I II HH INVENTOR AMT/MAI #450 444 Patented May 8, 1923.

UNEE'E' STATES NATHAN KASDAIT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

VANITY BAG AND THE LIKE.

Application filed January 16, 1922. Serial No. 529,565.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN KASDAN, a.

citizen of Russia, and a resident of Bronx, in the county of Bronx, in the city of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in.

other small toilet articles of a character,

used by woman.

The purpose of the invention is to provide an attractive vanity-bag which will be of adequate capacity and still light and small enough to be carried in the hand or placed in a hand-bag, and a further purpose is to so construct the vanity-bag that it may be entirely eflicient and sold at a reasonable price. One of the more important objects of the invention is to so connect the peripheral edges of the opening of the flexible bag portion with the metal parts of the bag as to effect a very secure holding of the fabric of the bag to said metal parts without the aid of riveting, sewing and the like, my invention rendering it possible to easily assemble the parts of the bag and to secure them in permanent relation to each other by merely bending a flange-portion of one of the metal members of the bag inwardly to clamp the fabric against another metal member of the bag, thereby securing the metal parts to gether and causing them to so hold the fabric between them that under no ordinary circumstances will the fabric or the metal parts lose their relation to one another.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a central vertical section through a vanity-bag constructed in accordance with and embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionQon a larger scale, of one edge portion of the bag and metal frame parts, thesame being shown in their initial assembled relation preliminary to the final binding of the metal parts together and against the fabric of the bag;

Fig. 4 is a corresponding view showing the parts of the bag in their final assembled relation, and

i Fig. 5 is a corresponding section illustratng a modified construction embodying my invention.

In the drawings, 10 designates the fabric portion of the bag, 11 an annular angular band receiving the upper folded over por-. trons of the fabric 10 and concealed by said fabric, 12 an inner angular annular ring or band clamping the edge portion of the fabric 10 down against a horizontal flange 13 of the band 11, and 1-1 an annular band having at its lower edge an outwardly deflected flange 15 and at its upper edge being flanged, as at 16, to receive the cover 17, which may be hinged at one edge, as at 19, to the flange 16 and provided on its top with an eye 20 of any suitable character to receive. a chain, ribbon or the like by which the bag may be carried or suspended. Within the cover 17 is provided a mirror 21 for the convenience of the user of the bag.

The band 1 1 at its lower outwardly deflected portion or flange 15 seats against a downwardly and outwardly inclined flange 22 ofthe band 12 and at its lower edge the said flange 15 engages the fabric 10 at the angle or corner of the band 11, said flange 15 passing within the outer initially vertical flange 23 of the band 11, shown in Fig. 3. The band 12 in addition to having the outwardly and downwardly deflected flange 22 to receive the lower flanged'portion 15 of the band 14;, is formed with the inwardly extending horizontal flange 2 1 which is parallel with the flange 13 of the band 11 and serves finally to pinch or clamp the edge portion of the fabric 10 downwardly against said flange 13. The band 12 is also preferably formed at its lower inner edge with a downwardly extending flange 25 which covers over the extreme, edge portions of the fabric 10 and also the inner annular edge of theflange 13, thereby concealing the edge of the fabric and the said edge of the flange 13. It may be seen on reference to Fig. 3 that the upper annular edge portions of the fabric or bag 10 extend inwardly and downwardly over the vertical flange 23 of the band 11 and then inwardly along the upper surface of the flange 13 of said band 11, that the band 12 sets upon the fabric located over the flange 13, that the lower flange-portion 15 of the body-band 14: seats against the flange 22" of the band 12 and that initially in the assembling of the parts a space is left between the fabric which extends over the flange 23 and the flange 15 of the band 14;.

One of the main features of the invention resides in the manner of securing the upper edge portions of the bag fabric 10, the band ii, to which the cover 1'? is to be applied, and the band 11 together, and in the formation thereby created. In the initial relation of the parts shown in Fig. 3 the parts are assembled. but not permanently secured together, and in the further stage of the manufacture of the bag after the parts have been assembled. as shown in Fig. 3, the flange of the band 11 is pressed inwardly along annular lines to firmly bind the bag fabric against the flange 15 of the band 1 1, as shown in Fig. 4:. The clamping of the flange against the fabric and the squeezing of the fabric against the flange of the band 14: results in the fabric being very securely held and in the band. 14; being firmly positioned with relation to the fabric and the bands ll, 12, all this being without riveting, sewing or like operations. I prefer to make use of the inner annular band 12 so that the fabric of the bag may be clamped between the flanges 15 and also between the flanges 13, 24. as shown in Fig. 4;, said band 12 serving to strengthen the structure. conceal the raw edges of the bag fabric and provide a seatv against which the inner :liilF'. of the flange 15 may be crowdedon the in ward deflection of the flange but I do not wish to limit my invention in every instance to the presence of the inner band 12. since as will be understood on ref rence to Fig. i, -i i said inner bar d were omitted. the bending inwardly of the flange to clamp the bag fabric against the flange 15. would re suit in the fabric being securely held and in the band i i being firmly positioned at the mouth-portion of the bag 10.

In Fig. 5 I illustrate a modification of my invention employing the band 14 having the flange 15 and the bag fabric to be bound against said flange 15. The exterior clamping band of Fig. 5 is numbered 26 and has a base flange 27 and an initially vertical flange 28 corresponding with the flange 23 of Fig 3. The base flange 97 is shown as inclined downwardly and outwardly in Fig. 5 instead of extending inwardly on horizontal 'lies to correspond with the flange 13 of Fig. 3. The band 26 is of initial angular for mation and the edge portion of the fabric is carried down over the flange 28 of the same. and along the base flange 27 in the manner indicated in Fig. 3 and then the band 14- is applied to position with its flange pressing against the bight of the bag fabric 10 at the corner of the band 2 and thereafter the parts are permanently secured together by bendingthe' vertical flange 28 of the band inwardly against the bag fabric and binding said fabric against the flange 15 of the band A, the parts then taking the position shown by solid lines in Fig. 5. Fig. 5 shows a very desirable form of construction embodying my invention. and hence the invention is not limited to all of the details shown in Figs. 3 and 1, since these may be modified within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention. I could illustrate other modifications of the invention, but do not deem it necessary to do so having shown one mod iflca tion in Fig. 5 and having explained with reference to the structure shown in Figs. 3 and t that it is possible to omit the inner band 12, although in the preferred construction. said band 12 will be employed on account of its advantages.

The bag 10 is shown as shallow and of approximately hemispherical shape and as designed to contain toilet powder and a powder puff and to be of such size as to adapt it to be conveniently carried in the hand or in a hand bag or to be suspended by a chain or the like or hung upon a wrist or finger of the user. It is only necessary that the bag portion 10 be shallow when the bag is used for toilet powder and a powder pufl". and of course the invention is not limited to the depth of the bag. It is quite a convenience to make the bagfabric initially of circular outline and clamp the folded or shirred edges of the fabric between the neck-band 11 and cover-band 1 k in the manner I have hereinbefore described. since then there is an absence of seams in the fabric and an attractive and efficient vanity-bag is produced. The frame portion of the bag when constructed as I have described is stiff and durable and may be made of reasonably thin metal so as to be light in weight.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. A hand-bag of the character described comprising a flexible holding-portion or bag proper and a metal frame at the mouth thereof and adapted to receive a cover, said frame comprising an outer annular band initially having a base flange and a substantially vertical flange over which the peripheral mouth portions of the bag are folded inwardly and extend upon said base flange, and a superposed annular band flanged at-its lower portion to seat within said vertical flange and against the bag-fabric therein, said vertical flange being in the finished article bent inwardly toward and clamping the bagfabric against the lower portion of said superposed band.

2. A hand-bag of the character described comprising a flexible holding-portion or bag proper and a metal frame at the mouth thereof. and adapted to reeeivea cover said frame comprising an outer annular band having" two flanges one of which is initially bendible and over which and against the other flange the peripheral mouth portions of the bag are inwardly folded, and a superposed annular band having an outwardly and downwardly flanged lower portion seated against the bag fabric closely within the said bendible flange, said flange being bent inwardly toward and clamping the bag fab ric firmly against said lower portion of the said superposed band. I

3. A hand-bag of the character described comprising a flexible holding-portion or bag proper and a metal frame at the mouth thereof and adapted to receive a cover, said frame comprising an outer annular band having two flanges one of which is initially bendible and over which and against the other flange the peripheral mouth portions of the bag are inwardly folded, an inner annular band having a downwardly and out wardly inclined flange-member and a sub-- stantially horizontal inwardly extending flange-member seated on the bag fabric with-- in said outer band, and a superposed annular hand having a downwardly and outwardly flanged lower portion seated against the bag fabric closely within said bendible flange and also against the said inclined flangemember of said inner band, said bendible flange being bent inwardly toward and clamping the bag fabric firmly against said flanged portion of said superposed band and binding said flanged portion against its seat on said inner band.

4. A hand-bag of the character described comprising a flexible holding-portion or bag proper and a metal frame at the mouth thereof and adapted to receiv a cover, said frame comprising an outer annular band having two flanges one of which is initially bendible and over which and against the other flange the peripheral mouth portions of the bag ar inwardly folded, an inner annular band having a downwardly and outwardly inclined flange-member and a substantially horizontal inwardly extending flange-member seated on the bag fabric within said outer band, and a superposed annular band having a downwardly and outwardly flanged lower portion seated against the bag fabric closely within said bendible flange and also against the said inclined flange-member of said inner band, said bendible flange being bent inwardly toward and clamping the bag fabric firmly against said flanged portion of said superposed band and binding said flanged portion against its seat on said inner band, and said inner band having at its lower inner edge a flange depending closely within and covering the lower inner edge of said outer band.

5. A hand-bag of the character described comprising a flexible holding-portion or bag proper and a metal frame at the mouth thereof and adapted to receive a cover, said bag portion being shallow and approximately of hemispherical outline and having shirred edges, and said frame comprising an outer annular band initially having a base flange and a substantially vertical flange over which the peripheral mouth portions of the bag are folded inwardly and extend upon said base flange, and a superposed annularband flanged at its lower portion to seat within said vertical flange and against the bag fabric therein, said vertical flange being in the finished article bent inwardly toward and clamping the bag fabric against the lower portion of said superposed band.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York this 6th day of January, A. D. 1922.

NATHAN KASDAN. 

